Prepare and Submit Your Order for Protection

Persons seeking a protection order can fill out the paperwork and file it with the Pacific County Clerk's Office online. There is no charge to commence a civil petition for any type of protection other than anti-harassment. If an anti-harassment petition is requested, a fee of $53 is required.

Crisis Support Network is our local domestic violence partner and is happy to assist people in need.

Website: crisis-support.org
Phone: 1-800-435-7276

Visit the Washington State Courts website for the necessary documents needed to file a petition, work with Crisis Support Network, or visit the Clerk’s Office for a forms packet at NO CHARGE. The Clerk’s Office cannot assist with filling out your documents.

For more information, please also visit the following links:

Petitions must include the following:

Law Enforcement Sheet
Petition for Protection
Temporary Order for Protection (this is what the judge will grant or deny, so please fill it out the best you can with what you request the court to order. Please leave the hearing section on page 1 blank.)

Petitions are accepted 24 hours a day by emailing PDF documents to clerk@co.pacific.wa.us or in person during regular business hours.
There are no fees to file for all protection orders except anti-harassment.

The petition for a domestic violence protection order must allege the existence of domestic violence committed against the petitioner or family or household members who are minors or vulnerable adults. The petition must specify whether the petitioner or the respondent are intimate partners, family, or household members.
The petition for an anti-harassment protection order must allege the existence of unlawful harassment committed against the petitioner by the respondent. The petitioner may file on behalf of themselves, a minor child where the petitioner is the parent, legal guardian, or custodian, a vulnerable adult where the petitioner is an interested party, or any other adult for whom the petitioner demonstrates to the Court’s satisfaction that the petitioner is interested in the adult’s well-being, the Court’s intervention is necessary, and the adult cannot file the petition because of age, disability, health, or inaccessibility.
Anti-Harassment protection orders require a $53.00 filing fee with the Clerk’s Office.
The petition for a sexual assault protection order must allege the existence of nonconsensual sexual conduct or nonconsensual sexual penetration that was committed against the petitioner by the respondent. The petition can be filed on behalf of themselves, a minor child where the petitioner is the parent, legal guardian, or custodian, a vulnerable adult where the petitioner is an interested party, or any other adult for whom the petitioner demonstrates to the Court’s satisfaction that the petitioner is interested in the adult’s well-being, the Court’s intervention is necessary, and the adult cannot file the petition because of age, disability, health, or inaccessibility.
The petition for vulnerable adult protection order must allege that the petitioner, or person on whose behalf the petition is brought, is a vulnerable adult who has been abandoned, abused, financially exploited, or neglected, or has been threatened with abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, or neglect by the respondent.
The petition for a stalking protection order must allege the existence of stalking committed against the petitioner by the respondent. The petitioner may petition for a stalking protection order on behalf of themselves, a minor child where the petitioner is the parent, legal guardian, or custodian, a vulnerable adult where the petitioner is an interested party, or any other adult for whom the petitioner demonstrates to the Court’s satisfaction that the petitioner is interested in the adult’s well-being, the Court’s intervention is necessary, and the adult cannot file the petition because of age, disability, health, or inaccessibility.